Last chance to apply. ⏳ Applications to join our Board of Directors - including the role of Chair - close one week from today, midday (31 March). If you’ve been thinking about it, now’s the time! Please share with your networks. 🔗 https://loom.ly/C4cs-yM

Liz Strange joins us for Unlimited Space/Time. -------- Unlimited Space/Time is a paid online group residency (2–6 March 2026) for experienced disabled artists, delivered in partnership with Unlimited. It asks: How can you continue to thrive as an artist? #UnlimitedSpaceTime

Sonia Allori joins us for Unlimited Space/Time. -------- Unlimited Space/Time is a paid online group residency (2–6 March 2026) for experienced disabled artists, delivered in partnership with Unlimited. It asks: How can you continue to thrive as an artist? #UnlimitedSpaceTime

We’re pleased to welcome Oren Shoesmith to Unlimited Space/Time. -------- Unlimited Space/Time is a paid online group residency (2–6 March 2026) for experienced disabled artists, delivered in partnership with Unlimited. It asks: How can you continue to thrive as an artist? #UnlimitedSpaceTime

Dominika Jackowska joins us for Unlimited Space/Time ✨ -------- Unlimited Space/Time is a paid online group residency (2–6 March 2026) for experienced disabled artists, delivered in partnership with Unlimited. It asks: How can you continue to thrive as an artist? #UnlimitedSpaceTime

Emily Beaney joins us for Unlimited Space/Time. -------- Unlimited Space/Time is a paid online group residency (2–6 March 2026) for experienced disabled artists, delivered in partnership with Unlimited. It asks: How can you continue to thrive as an artist? #UnlimitedSpaceTime

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Aby Watson to Unlimited Space/Time ✨ — Unlimited Space/Time is a paid online group residency (2–6 March 2026) for experienced disabled artists, delivered in partnership with Unlimited. It asks: How can you continue to thrive as an artist? 📸 Tiu Makkonen

We’re kicking off Unlimited Space/Time this week ✨ We’ll be introducing the six artists joining this paid online residency for Unlimited Artist Alumni. Part of our Artist Development programme, it brings experienced disabled artists together to reflect, connect and explore how to keep thriving.

Last Friday we shared this year’s Rough Mix residency in Inverness ✨ After two weeks of collaboration, the artists gathered at Eden Court to share works-in-progress with each other and our audience. Here are moments from Gail Sneddon’s piece. Thanks to everyone who joined us. 📸 Dylan Morrison

✨ Casting Call: Contemporary Dancer ✨ Magnetic North and Kirsty Law seek a dancer for Strength in a Whisper (May–June 2026), a new spoken word, song and movement show. 3+ years’ professional experience and strong improvisation required. 📆 Deadline: 9 March https://loom.ly/8Id1M5w

This seat could be yours. ✨ We’re looking for a new Chair and Board Members to help shape Magnetic North. We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, particularly Global Majority and Disabled candidates, and those aged 35 and under. 📆 Apply by 31 March 🔗 https://loom.ly/C4cs-yM

BTS at Rough Mix in Inverness✨ "We’ve been creating little solar flares of magic and getting to know each other’s rhythms and rituals. It’s been a lot of fun.” Rough Mix Artist Alex Neilson 📍 Eden Court 🗓 Fri 13 Feb, 6pm 🎟 https://loom.ly/ljFlivE #RoughMix #MagneticNorth #CreativeLab #NewWork

This Friday: Rough Mix sharing at Eden Court ⏳ Our two-week creative lab brings artists from different disciplines together to test new ideas in a supportive, collaborative space. 🎟️ https://loom.ly/ljFlivE Eden Court | Fri 13 Feb, 6pm

Introducing Rough Mix Performers ✨ Alex Neilson Bryn Thomas Julia McGhee Megan Lovat Rachel MacIntyre 📍 Eden Court 🗓 Fri 13 Feb, 6.00pm 🎟 https://loom.ly/ljFlivE

We're looking for a new Chair and Board Members to join our Board of Directors 💫 We're seeking active and energetic champions for Magnetic North, and we especially welcome applications from people who reflect the diverse communities we work with. 📆 Apply by 31 March https://loom.ly/C4cs-yM

✨ Rough Mix artist: Sinéad Hargan ✨ We’re delighted to announce Sinéad Hargan as one of the four artists taking part in Rough Mix 2026. Rooted in feminist and ecological thought, Sinéad’s practice explores rurality, ritual, and resistance through sound, video, and performance.⬇️

✨ Rough Mix artist: Sinéad Hargan ✨ We’re delighted to announce Sinéad Hargan as one of the four artists taking part in Rough Mix 2026. Working across live and participatory performance, voice and film, Sinéad’s practice explores grief, isolation and wild places, creating new rituals and ⬇️

✨ Rough Mix artist: Sean Wai Keung ✨ We’re excited to welcome Sean Wai Keung to Rough Mix 2026. Sean is a performance maker and poet whose work often uses food as a way into conversations about identity, migration and community. 📍 Eden Court 🗓 Fri 13 Feb, 6.00pm 🎟 https://loom.ly/ljFlivE

✨ Rough Mix artist: Gail Sneddon ✨ We’re thrilled to have Gail Sneddon joining Rough Mix 2026. Gail is an award-winning artist whose work creates rich, sensorial worlds through performance, installation and film. 📍 Eden Court 🗓 Fri 13 February, 6.00pm 🎟 https://eden-court.co.uk/event/rough-mix

✨ Rough Mix artist: Belle Jones ✨ We’re delighted to welcome writer Belle Jones to Rough Mix 2026. Belle’s work spans theatre, audio, TV and musical theatre, with a strong experimental edge and deep Highland roots. 📍 Eden Court 🗓 Fri 13 Feb, 6.00pm 🎟 https://eden-court.co.uk/event/rough-mix

Rough Mix 2026 ✨ Join us for an opportunity to see brand new work and cross-art-form experimentation from some of Scotland’s most exciting artists. Featuring new work by Sinead Hargan, Sean Wai Keung, Gail Sneddon & Belle Jones, developed during a two-week collaborative residency with ⬇️

“Frankly bonkers" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ @theguardian.com #PasstheSpoon has opened for a festive run at @operanorth.co.uk & is delighting audiences just as it did at Tramway in 2008. Who doesn’t need a bit of absurdism right now? 📸 Tom Arber

Congratulations to everyone awarded @creativescots.bsky.social Touring Fund last week 🎉 We’re especially excited to see projects by artists we’ve supported – @gregsinclairartist.bsky.social 's Tongue Twister, Company Chordelia’s Revel, and new touring work by Jenna Watt.

Mark it in your calendar - our Artist Employee position closes for applications next Friday 19 December at 12 noon ⏰ Don't miss this opportunity to gain experience in a producing organisation while developing your own creative practice. Find out more: magneticnorth.org.uk/blog/entry/o...

There's just over three weeks to apply for for our Artist Employee position - offering the security and structure of part-time paid work while you advance your creative practice. Apply by Friday 19 December at 12 noon. Find out more on our website: www.magneticnorth.org.uk/blog/entry/o...

You can now watch a recording of the online Q&A about our Artist Employee position (deadline Friday 19 December). If you have questions that weren't covered, don't hesitate to get in touch! Scroll to the bottom of our information page to find the link: magneticnorth.org.uk/blog/entry/o...

Interested in applying to our Artist Employee position, which offers a part-time salary and support to grow your practice? Join us this Friday 7 November 10AM-11:30AM to ask any questions and learn more before applying. Simply email [email protected] if you'd like to join.

We’re looking for performers and a collaborating artist to join us for Rough Mix — our two-week creative lab at Eden Court Inverness. 📅 2–13 Feb 2026 💰 £1,270 fee 🕐 Apply by 1pm, Mon 17 Nov Head to our website to find out more! www.magneticnorth.org.uk/blog/entry/c...

Magnetic North is hiring a part-time Artist Employee - a paid role blending creative development and collaboration in a producing company. Includes £4,000 project budget + support. 🗓 Apply by Fri 19 Dec, 12 noon | 💬 Q&A: Fri 7 Nov, 10–11.30am Find out more www.magneticnorth.org.uk/blog/entry/o...

Meet the artists from last week's Space/Time retreat at @covepark.bsky.social - Suzi Cunningham is a Scottish live-performance artist and Butoh dancer. Her solo work is highly physical, political and responsive to its unique environment, enriched with her sense of design and musical composition.

Meet the artists from last week's Space/Time retreat at @covepark.bsky.social - Audrey Grant’s practice includes painting, photography, installation and recently film. Her current work explores real and imagined landscapes.

Meet the artists from last week's Space/Time retreat at Cove Park - Anna Chapman Parker is an artist, writer and teacher whose work explores relationships between drawing, writing, body and place. Projects include work for Edinburgh Art Festival, University of Glasgow, Cample Line and Commonroom.co.

Meet the artists from this week's Space/Time at Cove Park - Wong Pik Kei choreographs and performs across Scotland and Hong Kong, exploring gender, sexuality, and embodied experience through innovative dance theatre. Her work challenges boundaries, creating intimate performer-audience dialogues.

This week we've been at Cove Park for Space/Time - our one-of-a-kind paid creative retreat! We'll be introducing the artists who took part, beginning with Elina Bry. Elina Bry is a French-Finnish multidisciplinary artist living in Scotland. They work across film, performance, sound, and photography

One more week to apply to Rough Mix as a lead artist! For this call-out in partnership with Eden Court, priority will be given to Highlands and Islands-based artists, Global Majority artists and D/deaf or disabled artists. Apply by 1pm Mon 13 Oct Learn more: www.magneticnorth.org.uk/blog/entry/r...

Earlier this month the Magnetic North Artists Network came together for a workshop run by Luke Pell from Curious Seed in Leith. It was an inspiring, invigorating day of gentle movement, collaboration and reflection - thank you to all involved!

Magnetic North stands with trans women and the trans community. We will always be here to support artists of every gender identity and expression.

@edchildrensfest.bsky.social returns 24 May - 1 June... we're thrilled Greg Sinclair @@gregsinclairartist.bsky.social (We Will Hear the Angels) is bringing one of two commissioned shows. Tongue Twister is a show for children aged 6-12 years celebrating the musical beauty of language. We can't wait!

It takes a village.

Break a leg to Magnetic North alum presenting new work at @trontheatre.bsky.social Outside Eyes tonight! Andrea Cabrera Luna (SPACE/TIME 2025 Artist) is previewing "Alphabet Soup", while Hannah Low @hannahlow.bsky.social (ROUGH MIX 2024 Performer) is giving a sneak peek of "Shot Girls".

For theatre artists and freelancers, disability welfare cuts will erode career sustainability, self-esteem and quality of life. You can write to your MPs via theyworkforyou.com to state the negative impact the cuts will have.

It's World Theatre Day! Magnetic North is looking back on a few of our productions over the past 25 years. Do you have any highlights? 🎭

Meet our final SPACE/TIME artist: Katherina Radeva is a multi award winning interdisciplinary artist working across the performing arts and the visual arts. A working class and disabled woman from Burgaria, she is one half of multi award winning Two Destination Language whose work tours extensively.

Meet our next SPACE/TIME artist: Sana Obaid @sanasartwork is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, printmaking, performance, and sculpture. Originally from Pakistan and now based in Glasgow, she is a recent MFA graduate with distinction from the Glasgow School of Art.

Excited to be travelling through space and time with Magnetic North next week!

Meet our next SPACE/TIME artist: Julia McGhee is an artist who works across choreography, performance and participatory practice. She is interested in working with movement, the body, objects and materials that can reflect elements of the environment, history and people she sees around her.

Meet our next SPACE/TIME artist: Rachael McIntyre is a performer, director, and community engaged practitioner working in theatre and circus, based in Moray, Scotland. Her work is a blend of dance, physical theatre, puppetry, aerial, and circus, with a focus on the visual storytelling.

Meet our next SPACE/TIME artist: Michael Lee Richardson @hrfmichael.bsky.social is a writer and filmmaker based in Glasgow. Michael’s short, My Loneliness is Killing Me – dir. Tim Courtney – won a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2018. It has been shown on BBC Scotland, and at film festivals worldwide.

We're gearing up for SPACE/TIME, our paid creative retreat for experienced artists from all disciplines - starting next week at Cromarty . Our first artist is Andrea Cabrera Luna - originally from Puebla, Mexico, she is a Scotland-based director, performer, facilitator and founder of Anahat Theatre

Can you help? There's no centralised script archive of Scotland's stage translators' staged works 1974-now, but support from SSP & @edmorgantrust.bsky.social is helping me change that. Any detail might be useful! 🙏 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...